Historical Native American tribe in North Carolina
Roanoke
16th-century territories of the North Carolina Algonquian, including the Roanoke
Total population
Extinct as a tribe
Regions with significant populations
North Carolina
Languages
Carolina Algonquian
Religion
Tribal religion
Related ethnic groups
Croatan, Secotan, Pamlico, Machapunga
The Roanoke (/ˈroʊəˌnoʊk/), also spelled Roanoac, were a Carolina Algonquian-speaking people whose territory comprised present-day Dare County, Roanoke Island, and part of the mainland at the time of English exploration and colonization. They were one of the numerous Carolina Algonquian tribes, which may have numbered 5,000 to 10,000 people in total in eastern North Carolina at the time of English encounter.[1]
The last tribal chief of the Roanoke was believed to be Wanchese, who traveled to England with colonists in 1584. However, he may have just been an influential individual.
The less numerous Croatan people may have been a branch of the Roanoke or a separate tribe allied with them.[1]
^ ab"Indian Towns and Buildings of Eastern North Carolina", Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, National Park Service, 2008, accessed 24 April 2010
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